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POPE, Lawrence Fredrick
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX44382 |
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Enlisted: | 8 July 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 27 June 1917 |
Home Town: | Coburg, Moreland, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Illness while a POW of the Japanese, Thailand, 10 November 1943, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX44382 | |
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8 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX44382 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Nancy McAdie
Son of John & Edna Pope, Lawrence was held by the Japenese in Thailand where he died on 10 Nov 1943, he was 26 yrs old.